Erdős-Ginzburg-Ziv theorem for dihedral groups of large prime index. (Q2567280)

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    Erdős-Ginzburg-Ziv theorem for dihedral groups of large prime index.
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2211444

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      Erdős-Ginzburg-Ziv theorem for dihedral groups of large prime index. (English)
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      29 September 2005
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      Let \(G\) be a finite Abelian group of order \(n\) and Davenport constant \(d\). A well known result of W.~Gao states that any sequence of elements of \(G\) with length \(n+d-1\) has an \(n\)-subsequence summing to \(0\). The authors investigate generalizations to this result in the non-Abelian case.
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      zero-sum sequences
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